{"product_id":"the-matisse-stories-9780679762232","title":"The Matisse Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eThree delightful stories inspired by a painting of Henri Matisse—from the Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003ePossession\u003c\/i\u003e and “a writer of dazzling inventiveness\" (\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[An] exquisite triptych.... Richly drawn and touches upon things that matter to people.\" —\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e These stories celebrate the eye even as they reveal its unexpected proximity to the heart. For if each of A.S. Byatt's narratives is in some way inspired by a painting of Henri Matisse, each is also about the intimate connection between seeing and feeling—about the ways in which a glance we meant to be casual may suddenly call forth the deepest reserves of our being. Beautifully written, intensely observed, \u003ci\u003eThe Matisse Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is fiction of spellbinding authority.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Full of delight and humor.... \u003ci\u003eThe Matisse Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is studded with brilliantly apt images and a fine sense for subtleties of conversation and emotion.\" —\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":62344935440771,"sku":"9780679762232","price":15.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9780679762232.jpg?v=1786255209","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/the-matisse-stories-9780679762232","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}